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Artist: Charley Patton
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Mississippi Bo Weavil
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Mississippi Bo Weavil
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Sees a little boll weevil keeps movin' in the, Lordie!
You can plant your cotton and you won't get a half a bale, Lordie Bo weevil, bo weevil
Where's your native home? Lordie
A-Louisiana raised in Texas
Least is where I was bred and born, Lordie
Well, I saw the bo weevil, Lord
A-circle, Lord, in the air, Lordie
The next time I seed him, Lord
He had his family there, Lordie
Bo weevil left Texas, Lord
He bid me fare ye well, Lordie
(Where you goin' now?)
I'm goin' down the Mississippi, gonna give Louisiana hell, Lordie
(How is that, boy?)
Suck all the blossoms and he leave your hedges square, Lordie
The next time I seed you, you know you had your family there
Lordie Bo weevil meet his wife
We can sit down on the hill
Lordie Bo weevil told his wife
Let's trade this forty in
Lordie Bo weevil told his wife, says
I believe I may go North " , Lordie
(Spoken: Hold on, I'm gonna tell all about that)
Let's leave Louisiana, we can go to Arkansas
Lordie Well, I saw the bo weevil
Lord a-circle, Lord, in the air
Lordie Next time I seed him, Lord, he had his family there, Lordie
Bo weevil told the farmer that
I 'tain't got ticket fare, Lordie
Sucks all the blossom and leave your hedges square, Lordie
Bo weevil, bo weevil, where your native home? Lordie
Most anywhere they raise cotton and corn, Lordie
Bo weevil, bo weevil, Outta treat me fair, Lordie
The next time I did you had your family there, Lordie
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